Saturday, July 7, 2012

Today's #Iran Reading

Saturday, July 07, 2012
Today Readings :

[Pictures] President Ahmadinejad attending themeeting of The Expediency Discernment Council of the System

Sitting close to rivals, most notably Ayatollah Rafsanjani, whom Ahmadinejad despises deeply, is what foreign sanctions have forced Ahmadinejad to endure. He needs all the support he can get to muddle through the US-imposed crippling sanction & Europe's Oil Embargo.

Iran will make judicious decision on Strait of Hormuz"(Mehr News Agency) The
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces has said
that the country will make a wise decision as to whether to block the
strategic Strait of Hormuz." (Major General Hassan) Firouzabadi
said, “I, as a senior military commander of the Islamic Republic of
Iran, say that we have a (contingency) plan to block the Strait of
Hormuz because military men should have plans in regard to all issues,
and the Strait of Hormuz is the world’s fourth or fifth (most) strategic
strait, which affects everything in the world. (But) the
(Iranian) Shia nation acts wisely and will not be pleased with the
disruption of a waterway which accounts for 40 percent of the world’s
(oil) shipments unless our interests are seriously threatened.”

Above statement means Iran is trying to control the damage done after Majles (Iran's Parliament) made a lot of noise about blocking Strait of Hormuz. As many "experts" have said, Iranian regime is homicidal but not suicidal. They want to survive, and blocking Strait of Hormuz gives the best excuse to all Arab neighbors, USA, and allies to attack Iran with full force, something that must be avoided at all costs according to the survival guide of Islamic Republic.

As you can see in the picture, he is doing his best to pull the Hannibal Lecter, but then the "free Iran" cap makes him ridiculous a bit, if not more. I am utterly suspicious of his claims, and agenda--yes,I do believe he has an agenda, maybe he's paid by Mark Dubowitz!

And reading the LA Times, I should say, he sounds more like your average paranoid, but in his case, he is highly regarded by other Washington paranoids as some valuable source for "deciphering" minds of Iranian "fanatics."

Iran plans to sell oil via private group, evade ban"(Reuters) - Iran
has reached agreements with European refiners to sell some of its oil
through a private consortium, an official said on Saturday, a move
designed to circumvent sanctions intended to put pressure on Tehran to
halt its disputed nuclear program."

In light of European Oil Embargo which began July 1st, it was Iran's turn to do some magic to sell oil! All I can say, let's wait and see what's gonna happen. Wait 3 weeks at least before u reach any conclusion. At any rate, Iran is selling its Oil at bargain prices, with a lot of bonuses.As long as u want to risk bringing the wrath of United States on yourself, buy from Iran.

Social-Media Expert Apparently Rearrested "(RFERL) Mohammad Soleimani Nia, a social-media
expert and Internet pioneer in Iran, has apparently been rearrested
several weeks after being released on bail. He is also the translator of "Funny in Farsi" by Iranian-American author Firouzeh Dumas."

Swiss opt out of Iran oil ban backed by EU, US "(EuroActive) The Swiss government will not match European Union sanctions on Iran,
deciding yesterday (5 July) that its own pending set of toughened
measures would exclude a ban on trading Iranian oil and defending its
traditional neutrality in the face of EU and U.S. pressure."

Charles Krauthammer:"Israel Will Bomb Iran If They Think Obama Will Win A Second Term." (mark 01:19 on the video)

I found this video on Weasel Zippers , a blog claiming to be "Scouring the Bowels of the Internet." All I can say is FOX News really wants a war with Iran.